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The Death of Tribal Knowledge
Mike Doherty
@mikedoherty_ca
hashbang.ca
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The Death of Tribal Knowledge
Tribal knowledge is all the cool stuff that the
people in this room know – but newbies
wouldn't, because it is passed down from
generation to generation.
-Michael Schwern
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The problem
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New features in Perl have to be turned on
explicitly
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The problem
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New features in Perl have to be turned on
explicitly
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BC does matter, but...
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There's a balance to be had, and I don't think
we're getting it right.
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The problem
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New features in Perl have to be turned on
explicitly
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BC does matter, but...
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There's a balance to be had, and I don't think
we're getting it right.
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UTF8 is a good example – I've got a hack
(utf8::all) which tries to DTRT, but it'd be
nice if one day we could just have it work out
of the box
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The problem
What we have now is “a sad throwback to
David Golden's days of doing C and needing
#include just to print”
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The solution
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I don't know, but I think...
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The solution
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I don't know, but I think...
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We need “be v5.16.0-like” semantics.
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The solution
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I don't know, but I think...
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We need “be v5.16.0-like” semantics.
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We need to add batteries – you shouldn't
have to ask for autodie.
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The solution
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I don't know, but I think...
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We need “be v5.16.0-like” semantics.
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We need to add batteries – you shouldn't
have to ask for autodie.
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It would be great to assume UTF8 in the
future at some point.
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The solution
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I don't know, but I think...
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We need “be v5.16.0-like” semantics.
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We need to add batteries – you shouldn't
have to ask for autodie.
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It would be great to assume UTF8 in the
future at some point.
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Examples abound, but you get the picture
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The real solution
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There are people proposing workable
solutions
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The real solution
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There are people proposing workable
solutions
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Try to avoid shouting them down. Some of
them actually can work – you can't say “no”
to everything.
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The real solution
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There are people proposing workable
solutions
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Try to avoid shouting them down. Some of
them actually can work – you can't say “no”
to everything.
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This is as much a social/community problem
as a technical one.
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The real solution
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There are people proposing workable
solutions
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Try to avoid shouting them down. Some of
them actually can work – you can't say “no”
to everything.
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This is as much a social/community problem
as a technical one.
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You guys are smart, you can figure it out.
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So please do!
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Thanks!
Mike Doherty
@mikedoherty_ca
hashbang.ca/the-death-of-tribal-knowledge